I completely agree! There are many great things about teaching in a small
district . . . but one of the drawbacks affecting the decision to add
another class like "reading" is that we are limited to major schedule
changes-- our middle school has to run a 6-period day to match the high
school due to teachers crossing over between the two. If we add a "reading"
class, then we would have to cut a middle school elective--something that
many teachers are opposed to. So for now, I'm just attempting to make the
best of the situation--and just thankful I have a job at this time:) I'm
hoping to get the SSR conflict resolved before starting back up again in
August.
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From: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 7:51 PM
To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Silent Sustained Reading
We all would like it if we could do our jobs with our doors shut in our
own little community. But sometimes the decisions made at another level
impact us so severely that we're stuck. I wonder if this isn't a time
your language arts (and content teachers as well, really) need to make a
case for a regular language arts class (which would logically be heavy on
writing) and a separate class for reading instruction.
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From: "Mark & Rachele' Thummel" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:11:26
To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email
Group<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Silent Sustained Reading
I struggle with the Silent Sustained Reading as well . . . and I was
wondering what you all thought about it at the upper levels. I teach a
section of 7th grade and 9th grade English. In both classes I'm expected
to
teach reading and writing in 55 minutes--we don't get a period of
"reading"
and a period of "writing". I would love to have my students silent read,
but I always feel as though I'm "giving up" valuable writing and group
literature time. I do teach with a teacher who has her students read all
period on Fridays . . . but when I add that up, that's almost 7 weeks of
silent reading in class! The added frustration is that students aren't
reading outside of school, even when there is a grade attached--so I feel
as
though for some of these students, the only time they are reading is when
it's "carved out" of class time. As I recall, the research says that for
"struggling readers," the best thing to have them do is read. But when
you
only have 1 period to do reading and writing, I feel as though using
"reading time" to do reading strategies is more valuable. But I'm
interested to know what other middle/upper level teachers are doing about
outside reading and SSR?
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From: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 12:01 PM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [MOSAIC] Silent Sustained Reading
As teachers, do?you think that Silent Sustained Reading
improves?individual reading scores on standardized tests??
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